Eudy And Toole Use Final Wateree Event To Secure Club Championship
October 21 and 22, 2009
By Martin Ledford and Fishbyte.net Staff
All Photos Courtesy of Ken Troutman
It took two days of hard fishing in tough weather conditions to secure the 2009 Bear Creek Bass Club Championship, but Chris Toole and Wesley Eudy had the bass of Wateree pegged last weekend. The angling partners sat in second place in the season rankings coming into the event and had their eyes set on the number one spot. Old Man Weather threw windy and near-freezing conditions as a barrier to the pair's intentions, as all anglers had to battle through sixteen hours of winter-like conditions to finish.
For club members, the Wateree gathering was the tenth and final competition in a tight points race that began back on March 14th at Wylie. Although the club will host a Fish Off November 7th, the two-day event this past weekend wrapped up the points race. 
Ken Troutman and David Strider had recently taken over the points lead when Eudy and Toole stumbled a couple months back. It was the thirteen fish, 18.76 pound two-day total that launched Eudy and Toole back into the top spot. The partners won the Wateree event, pocketing $170, but more importantly capturing the club crown in the process. Troutman and Strider managed to find seven more fish on the year's total as compared to the winners, but were edged out by just under three pounds combined-season total weight. Both boat teams fished all ten events in the schedule.
Eddie Conner and club president, Ryan Mullis caught Big Fish of the day on Saturday, a 3.66 pound lunker, while Martin Ledford and grandson, Robbie Hutchins, found Second Big Fish. Steve Worrell upped the bounty just a hair on Sunday, finding the solo lunker that day, a 3.88 pounder. Ken Cullipher caught Second Big Fish on Sunday with a weight of 3.58 pounds. Both spots were paid on both days and solo lunker winners took home $110 and 2nd Big Fish winners pocketed $75.
For Eudy and Toole, this is the second club championship in as many years. The club holds its recognition dinner at the November 5th club meeting.
Other results for the two day finale included Keith Phillips finishing second with eleven fish and 17.54 total pounds, winning a total of $125. Third placers Allen Phillips and Pat Fuller also scored eleven fish that tipped the scales at 16.46 pounds. They earned $85. Sid Lefler and Steve Bailey finished in fourth with 11.98 pounds and took home $40.
Overall on the season, Troutman and Strider finished in second, while Eddie Conner and Ryan Mullis placed third. Fourth place in the standings went to Keith Phillips and Lewis Phillips. Only thirty-eight points separated first from fourth place.
Tuckertown Collapses To Poplin And Mason
September 19, 2009
by Fishbyte.net Staff Visit http://www.fishbyte.net/index.html for additional fi.jpg) shing news Photos Courtesy of Ken Troutman When the Bear Creek Bass Club rolled into the Flat Creek Wildlife Access, a number of the season's point contenders had a lot on their minds. With this event and one other remaining in their season, any stumble could mean a season-ending dropoff. And, with fish just beginning to stir after a long and hot summer, anything could happen. Bragging rights at the end of the season were in sight. Fishing was getting very serious and twenty one boats were out to prove something. David Strider and Ken Troutman entered the Tuckertown event Saturday with a slim lead and were feeling the pressures associated with it. Chris Toole and Wesley Eudy stood just a stone's throw behind them in the points battle, and there were a pile of teams chasing close behind them. They needed a healthy day of bass on the reservoir to keep the pack at bay. Teams ended the day in rain as weather swept in the last thirty minutes of the event. Although the leaders didn't manage a first place finish, they did take second spot with five fish and an 11.84 pound bag. They earned $125 for the weight. Rick Poplin and Scott Mason took the day away from everyone, netting an impressive five-fish, 15.78 pound bag and tying for Big Fish honors as well. They earned $170 plus $98 for the team effort. More importantly, the win brought them up to fifth place in the standings, the only team to edge closer to Strider and Troutman overall. Max Davis and R.E. Davis finished in third with four fish and 9.96 pounds. They are in sixth in the points battle and lost a few points in the season chase. Toole and Eudy also dropped a couple points further behind with a four fish, 8.1 pound fourth place finish. Alan Carlton and Ken Long caught the Big Fish tie and earned half of that pot, or $98 at the 2:45 PM weigh in. Other top teams in the points chase include Eddie Conner and club president Ryan Mullis in third, and Keith and Lewis Phillips in fourth. Only a 51 point difference between the top team and the sixth place team exists going into the final and determining two-day event at Wateree in October. The group will hold a season-ending Fish Off November 7th. |
Eudy And Toole Score Triple Crown On Badin
August 15, 2009 By Fishbyte.net Staff 
Most days it's worth the effort to get out of the sack and get out fishing in the early morning. On rare occasions it's plenty worth it. Two members of the Bear Creek Bass Club were more than glad they didn't hit the snooze button this past Saturday when, later in the day, they put on a triple crown performance at the club's tournament on Badin.
Wesley Eudy and Chris Toole, put on a fishing school for members by capturing First Place, First Big Fish, and Second Big Fish awards during eight hours of fishing for five bass. The pair netted two fish that helped their total weight climb into the double-digit area. Twenty-four boat teams from the club blasted off from the Alcoa Access shortly after daybreak. “We just managed to find fish today,” stated a beaming Eudy after the scales closed. “I am beginning to like this lake,” he laughed. The angler team's total weight was 12.08 pounds, with a 5.08 pounder that grabbed top billing and a 4.54 pound cousin that nailed the second heavyweight of the day. “No place in particular” noted Toole. “We worked a little here and there all day.” Second place belonged to Keith and Lewis Phillips who dragged in 10.72 pounds to the scales. David Strider and Ken Troutman landed third (see photo caption story Friday 8/21 on Strider's pre-fishing luck) with 10.12 pounds, while Rich Poplin followed in fourth with 8.8 pounds of bass. For complete results go to the 2009 Results link. |
Eudy and Toole back on top at High Rock
July 18, 2009
By Fishbyte.net Staff
All Photos Courtesy of Ken Troutman
It didn't take long for the bass of High Rock to know they were under seige this past Saturday as twenty-four, dead serious boat teams from the Bear Creek Bass Club tore into the waters on Saturday. In short order bass after bass hit the livewells for weigh in later in the day. The day's honors were at stake an
d a tight season's points race was red hot. For those looking for the big fish, school was in session and Bear Creek was the teacher.
Leading the “instructors” that day were Chris Toole and Wesley Eudy, who first boated a monster 7.38 pounder and then went on to rocket 16.56 pounds of competition fish into their net. Nine limits were brought in totaling 188.82 pounds. The pair inched a few points closer to club leaders, David Strider and Ken Troutman, who lead Eudy and Toole by a mere 5.46 points on the year.
The competition for the day and for the year remained hot, as Strider and Troutman refused to yield too much ground to Eudy and Toole on the season, grabbing second place for the day with a 14.26 pound bag. If that competition isn't enough to turn heads, there are less than 6 points between second and third place on the season. Eddie Connor and Ryan Mullis hold that spot and finished outside the first four spots at High Rock.
Third place on Saturday belonged to David Forgash and Jim Dudley who managed 13.52 pounds of hungry bass. The final paying spot went to Sid Lefler and Steve Bailey who netted 13.08 pounds on the day. All four teams in the top four caught a limit of five fish on a day that saw mild temperatures with water temps in the low 80's.
With only three events left in the season, the Bear Creek Bass Club sees big fields and tight competition down the stretch. The field behind the leaders remains close and a week or two of stumbling could find new leaders at the end. The club moves to Badin Lake August 15th. For complete results go to the 2009 Results link.